Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Tickets and Passes, Important British Trade Tokens, Coin Weights

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 2090

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£2,200

Ipswich, James Conder, Proof Penny, 1795, in silver, bust of Cardinal Wolsey left, cap with tassel on top, rev. Wolsey’s Gate, edge plain, 13.92g/12h (DH 9; Judson –). Usual die flaw on obverse, virtually as struck with most attractive steel-blue tone, of the highest rarity (£1,000-1,500)

Provenance:
M. Rasmussen FPL 8, Summer 2005 (132).

6 struck